Reconstruction of gene innovation associated with major evolutionary transitions in the kingdom Fungi.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Fungi exhibit astonishing diversity with multiple major phenotypic transitions over the kingdom's evolutionary history. As part of this process, fungi developed hyphae, adapted to land environments (terrestrialization), and innovated their sexual structures. These changes also helped fungi establish ecological relationships with other organisms (animals and plants), but the genomic basis of these changes remains largely unknown.

Results

By systematically analyzing 304 genomes from all major fungal groups, together with a broad range of eukaryotic outgroups, we have identified 188 novel orthogroups associated with major changes during the evolution of fungi. Functional annotations suggest that many of these orthogroups were involved in the formation of key trait in

SUBMITTER: Wu B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9202105 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature